swedie
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Thank you Otto for the link. I don't believe MR has a chance in hell of taking advantage of the "faint hope clause". He shouldn't be entitled IMHO because he maintained and still maintains his innocence. The parole board will look at him and and laugh. He's a total psychopathic 
and that will never change. MOO
Will he ever see freedom again?
At the 15-year mark, the so-called “faint hope” clause kicks in, allowing the prisoner to seek permission to make a parole application. But most killers are turned down, and in this instance, the notoriety and extraordinary viciousness of the circumstances all but ensure that Mr. Rafferty will not be freed at that point – if ever. However, he likely cannot be ruled a “dangerous offender,” which spells an indefinite sentence, because that requires prosecutors to show a pattern to the criminality. And aside from a brush with the law when he was a juvenile, Mr. Rafferty had until Friday never been convicted of anything.
Where will he be imprisoned?
After TuesdayÂ’s hearing, his next stop will be Millhaven Institution, the maximum-security penitentiary west of Kingston that doubles as a classification centre, where he will spend about six weeks. After that he will either remain in Millhaven or be dispatched to another maximum-security prison, And for a sex killer such as him, the traditional destination would be Kingston Penitentiary, the 177-year-old fortress that is home to Paul Bernardo, Russell Williams and more than 400 of CanadaÂ’s other most dangerous inmates. But Kingston Pen is to be shut down at some unspecified date, the Stephen Harper government recently announced, even though the federal prison system is chock-full. So conceivably Mr. Rafferty will be sent elsewhere.
In sum, the once-gregarious sex killer who described himself on Facebook as “complex, with lots of layers,” is facing a recipe for despair: A claustrophobic, empty future almost entirely devoid of hope.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/n...er-getting-out/article2430837/?service=mobile
and that will never change. MOOWill he ever see freedom again?
At the 15-year mark, the so-called “faint hope” clause kicks in, allowing the prisoner to seek permission to make a parole application. But most killers are turned down, and in this instance, the notoriety and extraordinary viciousness of the circumstances all but ensure that Mr. Rafferty will not be freed at that point – if ever. However, he likely cannot be ruled a “dangerous offender,” which spells an indefinite sentence, because that requires prosecutors to show a pattern to the criminality. And aside from a brush with the law when he was a juvenile, Mr. Rafferty had until Friday never been convicted of anything.
Where will he be imprisoned?
After TuesdayÂ’s hearing, his next stop will be Millhaven Institution, the maximum-security penitentiary west of Kingston that doubles as a classification centre, where he will spend about six weeks. After that he will either remain in Millhaven or be dispatched to another maximum-security prison, And for a sex killer such as him, the traditional destination would be Kingston Penitentiary, the 177-year-old fortress that is home to Paul Bernardo, Russell Williams and more than 400 of CanadaÂ’s other most dangerous inmates. But Kingston Pen is to be shut down at some unspecified date, the Stephen Harper government recently announced, even though the federal prison system is chock-full. So conceivably Mr. Rafferty will be sent elsewhere.
In sum, the once-gregarious sex killer who described himself on Facebook as “complex, with lots of layers,” is facing a recipe for despair: A claustrophobic, empty future almost entirely devoid of hope.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/n...er-getting-out/article2430837/?service=mobile
